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Mi. QZW ZQ @Momw-ag Patented Mar. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I FREDERICK L. FULLER, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, .ASSIGNOR T INTERNATIONAL TIME RECORDING COMPANY OF NEW YORK, OF ENBICOTT, NEW YORK, A CORPORA- TION 015 NEW YORK TIME RECORDER.

Application filed April 8, 1929. Serial No. 353,643.

The present invention relates to a time recording mechanism which is especially adapted for use in small places of business where only a comparatively few people are employed. The machine provides a continuous time sheet upon which are recorded in one line registrations of the same character; that is, all registrations in any one horizontal line are either all In or Out registrations. The vertical columns represent registrations .for different employees. When an employee arrives at the place of business the indicator on the machine is turned to In and the employee registers by placing the registering handle in the proper positionand lifting the same in a manner to be explained ater. When this employee registers Out the indicator is moved to Out and registers in the same manner. This operation feeds the time sheet so that his Outregistration appears in vertical alinement under his .In registration so that after several employees have registered In and Out the record sheet shows a plurality of columns, each column representing some individuals registration showing successive times of arrival and departure. r

An object of this invention is to provide a time recorder having a carrier for a timesheet which may be shifted to subsequent printing position :to identify the arrival or departure of the operator and at the same time be ad- 'justed to a different printing position to iden* tify the operator registering.

. A further object of the invention is to pr0- vide a continuous time sheet shiftable in lineardirection to subsequent printing position and insubsequent and transverse direction relatively to the printing device into different printing positions. 7 7 Another object of the invention is to provide shifting means for a feed roller for a continuous time sheet which may be disengaged from said feeding roller so that the time sheet may be moved independent of said shifting means.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved ribbon feed and reversing mechanism for a time recorder.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a new platen mechanism for time recorders wherein the platen is slidably mounted and pressed against the type wheels.

Various other objects and advantagesof my invention will be obvious from the follow ing particular description of one form of mechanism embodying the invention or from an inspection of the accompanying drawings; and the invention also constitutes certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the clock and recording mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the recording mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line H of Fig. 2.

F ig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a detail View of the ribbon feeding and reversing mechanism.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the manual means for feeding the record sheet.

Fig. 8 shows a portion of a record sheet with registration thereon.

Fig. 9 is a detail view of the receiving roller on which the record sheet is wound.

Fig. 10 is a detail of the impression mechanism.

The time mechanism as shown in Fig. 1 comprises the well known pendulum clock which is mounted on a frame generally des ignated with reference numeral '2 and which drives by means of a train of gears the hands 8 and 4 of the clock, the clock mechanism also driving a shaft 1 turning type wheels of the printing mechanism in accordance with the clock mechanism. The printing mechanism is fixed to the support plate of a clock where: as a time sheet carrier is adjustable by means of a handle 5 into different printing positions relative to the printing device.

As may be seen from Fig. 1 there are provided in the housing 6 ten adjusting posit-ions each for an individual. A *knob 7 is further provided to shift the continuous time sheet for one line to the following printing position. This shifting operation is to permit a diflerentiation between registrations for arrival and registrations for departure. That is,,wrhen an individual registers on arrival he '5 shift the sheet from the same osition s fi i sa r w ng "enseonthe casein; 6 together I rifles point at32 on the knob permitsthe 30d m ine if the sheet requires The carrie carries the H whim *isfiiftible between the type sodas platen which is pressed against .w as

thus efiecting time registration on ,i'i? .3 cam'ier two upwardly bent 8 and-Wwhieh car a shaft 10 j ,Wlhis shaftis time sheet carrier which plates 11 and 12 carrying waiste the n I will iggfi g 7 both sides of *mem liend etwhi h serves to effe t g t '1 er mnH-insemmnen twbe ext hpettegnqver em ve e o an ene mt enltheretore will sh m hanis to theils'm git 10 ght amt dhaeeean .m'jimw ,t e an, eis 1 and thus the sheet may be moved M3117- qllfi flgf registering positions -t 1': A .Q' in at the BldQ'Ph-QS 11 and a a axis 26 of the paper refl ll layhieh has fixed'thereto at one J pawl 23 pxrotclly-menntedton a lever 25 which is nttone'end-tothe shaft 26 h .roller 13.- ,Fixed to the glevcr25jsanross rod 27 so a similar lever 25 I is also pnetally on the oppostee ske 8h Ahook gs slidablyento permit nstant 611- a by'means of a handle '5 when andle is lifted in its respective adjusted is i gagement of said hook and cross rod while permitting the time sheet carry' mechanism to be moved transversel 11 feeding 0 ration is effected the 00k 28 will he mov to the left (Fig. 3) and will conseqnent ly rock the cross rod 27 25 in a' counterclockwise direction carryixfi the l a I awl 23 to a position to engage the next left d to t on theratchet wheel mi le OQ previo I eng ge -f genjthe H return stroke the paw f thfl ra ghetwwheel and the i'oeiving will 2.; bee paced for one line. tatably mounted on the same end of the I shaft '26'a'stlie pawls is a cam member 29 pro- 5 videdwith a fingerfilieoe 30 integral with. said a is n r .;yr.h l.d in t ermit ee shown '3. .Thewidth oi the pawl; 23 nd, 241s 0-1Q fitQD flP he plane Pifhfi' cam 29 m well nstthesnatchet wheet sbown infig. 5. With the/ am 29 sition shown in Fig. 3 the pawls-23 andflgrg engaging theratchet wheel 22 e0. counterclockwise rotation of the receiving l roll 18 will be permitted. Whemhqyewer, I is desired to unwind the, paper from said ceivmfi roll the finger 3.0 is the le. .esvlewed in Fig. 3 w i hmflle cam 29 cl ckwis the pawl: 24 outoi eng gement .w th theq atchetmdml. 22. The receiving roll 13M then mm countereleekmsez record wound removed from said roll. .On of. thetimesheet isfixed tojthe 13bymeansgpf a springiodfil (Fig. 9) M mete in th ar mg p hfi e so ycoope on m a M formed mithe feeding roll 18. v therod31 fitst ghfly initscoo m, has to besgrung into. am remain intthis manuall released. As has been explain}; the :Ieedm -ro 11 13, will the ofone. each timethehook28 rod;-21F: ln,aaclockwise*dinettion.i fectedtif time registratiofi iischanged fiom' an In-registmtion;toa1;()atg. .1; or VieeversaLhThe'means-for a change from an 1nto;an- ?Qut regmtga' t tum orvice verse includes aknohifinedto, a shaft 38 and lonrnalled 'in the ho k fl -op ite end ofsaid shaft is. v r 34a ha aseries oi {DQ 33 19 8min, serieso (Flgs. 1, 2, a and HuWrghhgWiM can membems a rolling'nam rflslqteotaily mounted on onbablla an which in turnos; pivotaliymountedatfim the housing 6. In the 1n F 'Hhe cam wi r281 reposes the ining notches ,lever 35 being m a counterclockwise direction by'a r 39' fixed to-said lever at one end andtotflle housing 6 at the other. The 34am thm efore heIdimppsiti-vely ill at this normal position and will-not bemove'd unless a manual turning action is exerted on the knob 7. The contour of the highpoints of the cam'member is such that it can only be turned in a clockwise direction. Nhen said cam'member 34a is moved in aclockwise di rectionso'that the cam wiper 281 is brought into the next Succeeding alining notch the lever 35 is oscillated once about its pivot 37- as the cam wiper passes over the high point between the alining notches. :The end of the lever 35 opposite to the cam wiper 281 engages'a notch in the endof a lever 39 pivotally mounted on the shaft 10 (Figs. 4 and 7) The opposite end of lever 39 is pivotally connected at 40 to the hook; member 28. When therefore the lever 35 is oscillated it causesa lever 39 to beoscillated about its pivot point thus oscillatingthe hook member 28 to the left and back again as shown in Fig. 4. This causes thepaper to be spaced one lineas previously explained. A l In and Out indications 36 are alternately provided on the housin 6 (Fig. 1) in a position to be visible, around the periphcry of the knob 7. An indicating pointer 32 is provided on the knob 7 and is located relative to the In and Out markings to per mit the operator to observe whether or not the registration sheet is in the proper position for him to register. That is, if an operator is about to register on the machine upon his leaving and observes that the indicator'32 points to In he turns the indicator to the next Out indication. This prevents the operator from printing the Out registration on top of the previous In registration. As the knob 7 is turned to' the successive In and Out registrations the continuous time sheet is spaced one line and is wound up on the receivingroll 1'3 and unwound from the supply roll 14.

Type mechanism The type mechanism is controlled as has with a follower 47 fixed to a shaft 48' journalled in fixed plates 62 and 6.3 which constitute the supporting stru'ctureby the type wheel mechanism. Fixed to the same shaft is also a member 49 carryinga spring pressed pawl 51 pivoted thereon and spring pressed into cooperation with a ratchet wheel 50. Actuation of the ratchet wheel 50 causes identical actuation of the hour wheel .45 said hour wheel and ratchet wheel being fixed toaconimon sleeve 52 (Fig. 2) rotatably mounted on the shaft 46 (Fig. 4) journalled in the side plates 62 and 63. 'When the minute wheel and therefore the cam 46 turns the follower 47 will be lifted by said cam and consequently will also lift member 49 together with the pawl 51. lVhen the follower 47 drops from the high point of the cam the member 49 also dropping will cause the ratchetwheel 50 to be shifted by virtue of its coacting pawl 51 engaging with said ratchet wheel. The member 49 is spring pressed downward by a spring 49 (Fig. 4).

The shifting of said ratchet wheel therefore shifts the hour type wheel 45 for one unit this shift occurring for each revolution of the minute wheel 44. A pivotally mounted member 53 having a lug coacting with the ratchet wheel 50 is provided to normally lock said ratchet wheel and is cammed out of locking position by the pawl 51 upon the clownward shifting stroke of said pawl. Inasmuch as this transfer mechanism is of old and well known construction in the time recorder art no further explanation is deemed necessary.

A star wheel 54 is provided in fixed relation on the same shaft with the minute type wheel 44, said star wheel cooperating with an alining projection 55 of a member 56 mounted in fixed relation on a shaft 101 which serves to aline the type wheels properly for registration when printing is effected. The shaft 101 is rotatable by the member 56 and is journalled in the frame members 62 and 63. The yoke member 21 to which the handle 5 is fixed cooperates with 1 one end of a lever 57 which is bifurcated, said member being pivoted at 10 and having on its other end a cam projection 58 which cooperates with a roller 59 pivotally mounted onthe member 56. When a printing operation is effected the handle 5 is lifted thereby lifting the bifurcated end of the lever 57 and consequently rotating that lever counterclockwise about its pivot 10. The downward movement of the camming projection 58 acts upon the roller 59 to turn the lever 56 in a clockwise direction thus engaging the alining projection 55 with the star wheel 54. The member 56 is biased in a counterclockwise direction by a spring 56 which keeps the roller 59 in constant cooperation with its coacting cam member. The bifurcation in the lever 57 permits the handle to be shifted transversely at will and still maintain cooperative relation with the lever 57 through the cross bar of the yoke member 21.

Printing actuating mechanism ing hammer 68 carrying an impression block cam 90'. As shown in Fig. 6 the pawls 83 and 84' are engaging their associated ratchet wheel 82 whereas the pawls 83 and 84 (not shown in this figure) would be held out of engagement with their associated ratchet wheel by the double cam 90 coacting with the pins 87 and 88. The ribbon as shown in Fig. 6 is being unwound from the spool 81 (not shown) and passes through the bifurcated end of a lever 91, thence between the type wheels and the impression block on the ham- 7 mer, thence through the bifurcated end of a lever 91 and thence is wound onto the spool 80. The levers 91 and 91 are {pivotally mounted on studs 100 and 100 respectively, said studs being mounted in the supporting frames of the machine.

To projections 92 and 92 fixed to one of the furcations of the levers 91 and 91 respectively, are springs 94 and 94. The opposite end of the spring 94 is fastened to a pin 93 fixed to the upper end of the double cam 90. The opposite end of the spring 94k is fastened to a pin 93 fastened to the lower end of the double cam 9-0. These two springs being under no tension resiliently hold the levers 91 and 91 in the position as shown in Fig. 6. Near each end of the ribbon and fixed thereto is an eyelet 99 which projects each side of the ribbon sufficient to prevent its passing through the bifurcations of the levers 91 or 91'.

As previously stated the ribbon 7 8 is being wound onto the ribbon spool 80 when the ribbon feeding mechanism is in the position as shown in Fig. 6. As the ribbon spool 81 (not shown) becomes almost completely unwound the eyelet 99 coacts with the edges of the bifurcated lever 91 and as the ribbon continues to. be fed on to the spool 80 said eyelet causes the lever 91 to turn in a clockwise direction introducing a constantly increasing tension in the spring 94. When the tension of this spring is sufficient to overcome the impositive locking action of the alining member 95 and its coacting spring pressed roller 96, it causes the cam 90 to turn in a clockwise direction to bring the roller 96 into cooperation with the other notch 95 of the alining member 95. The turning of the cam 90 also turns the cam 90 which causes the pawls 83 to be carried out of operating position to a positionas shown in Fig. 4 and simultaneously the turning of the cam 90 permits the ratchets 83 and 84 to engage their coacting ratchet wheel 81 as shown in Fig. 8. Thus successive registering operations will nowcause the ribbon to be fed in the opposite direction being unwound from ribbon spool 80 onto ribbon spool 79. When the ribbon spool 80 is nearly exhausted an eyelet similar to the eyelet 99 located in the opposite end of the ribbon coacts with the bifurcated arm 91 moving it clockwise about its pivot 100 (Fig. 6) thus introducing tension into the spring 94' until said spring causes the cam 90. and therefore the cam 90 to turn in a counterclockwise direction thus restoring the pawls 83 and 84 into cooperation with their coacting ratchet wheel 82 and disengaging the pawls 83 and 8 1 from their coacting ratchet wheel 81.

The time sheet (Fig. 8) is ruled oif into a plurality of columns to correspond to the number of printing positions permitted on the time recorder for which said sheet is adapted. All registrations in any one column are thus made by the employee which that column represents.

When a recording mechanism of the character described is used in a business organization the employees who are to register on the clock are given different designating numbers. \Vhen an employee arrives at work in the morning he notes that the pointer 32 on the knob 7 is pointed at one of the In indexes. If it is not, he turns it to the next adjacent In indication. This feeds the paper strip one line and assures him of a clear place in which to register. He then slides the handle 5 transversely until it is under the notch 61 which bears the number byrwhich he is designated and he then lifts the handle into said notch. This causes the time indicated by the clock hands to be printed on the record receiving strip, within the clock, in the column corresponding to that employees number. The first man that goes out shifts the knob pointer 32 from the In indications to the next adjacent Out. registration so as not to obliterate his previous In registration by double printing. The employee following out will find the pointer at the Out position and so will not be required to change it.

After a lapse of time corresponding to the payroll period of the business organization has elapsed the time keeper removes the time sheet by moving the finger piece in a manner to cam the pawls operating the receiving roll 13 out of engagement thereby leaving said roll free to be turned in a reverse direction thus permitting the removal of the record sheet. That part of the sheet carrying the printed record is then torn off of the continuous strip and removed and the end of the strip is again clamped on to the receiving roll and the receiving roll operating pawls are restored to their operative position.

The record sheet removed with'the printed record thereon such as shown in Fig. 8 therefore forms a complete payroll time sheet.

While the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a single modification have been shown and described and pointed out, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the i bythe scope V" 13m appg'ratus, a time r chi,- @ivineeya. carrier for a =fum" an shif w A'Wb19 only in ne direction t0 ift said positions ,sudsbzfting meanscomastariwheelwhieh I v linkagetooscillate mzt r sm u time? sheet, and fifth -'1' Y imhmi oooperatw with the 11901 to ifBtfdgrsde movemgnt d 'diiwheelgaagi separate 1y sdaid mshafi mrier in transverse iMQ-AiW rinCin 1 v "apparatus; a time a-"carrier fior a V mounfa upon I fged said @eet,

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